At the bottom of their web page is a link to an article on the limitations of LI GPS as a time source. It says that "reliance on L1 GPS for time-setting is very risky"
Sounds like FUD to me. Didn't see anything about their claim to accuracy. Seems like they deliver lawyer time with NTP. An article on network security for process control systems (refinery, power, etc.) comments on the spread of partial knowledge. Governments make laws that are incomplete, plant managers don't want to spend more than they have to, lawyers tell them all they have to do is comply with the law. Result? Engineers can't get money to provide the security they know they need to keep the bad guys out of the system. Maybe that's why SETI can't find any intelligence in the cosmos. Technology soon collapses when common sense isn't enough. Bill Hawkins -----Original Message----- From: David Forbes Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 12:57 PM At 1:38 PM -0400 4/28/09, Gretchen Baxter wrote: >Hi, > >I came across the page of Certichron at www.certichron.com > >They seem to be positioning themselves as *THE *trusted source for time synchronization. > >Anyone know of them? Comments? > >Thanx! > >Gretchen A brief persual of their website indicates that they are trying to position themselves as the trusted source of time to lawyers, not scientists. I also noticed that the cool 3D clock they show in the upper corner of their home page uses local PC time, not NIST time! (My home Mac is not syncing properly to Apple's time server, so it's a good indicator of a website's time source.) So I don't have much faith in their service, if they can't even get their website's clock right. -- --David Forbes, Tucson, AZ http://www.cathodecorner.com/ _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
